Robin Jansen

After twenty-five years in the industry, Alice's business is finally scraping by in the black. Her difficult grown daughter is engaged to a mediocre chef. And Alice's faux online dating profile is on the verge of being exposed, threatening to damage her reputation. To make matters worse, her ex-college boyfriend is writing a tell-all book about her failed relationships and husbands. What else could go wrong? Plenty.

Summer is magical on Mermaid Island where Jemma Singleton runs a successful fifth-generation ice cream parlor. Clever, capable and headstrong, Jemma is determined to make her dead relatives proud. Breaking from the tradition of being a workaholic, Jemma privately devours romance novels, becoming the number one fan of a well-known author. When a book character waltzes in to order ice cream, Jemma quickly learns to juggle the new relationship with growing her business. However, family spirits have other plans and are determined to set her back on track, steering her away from her taste for love.

Bohemian artist Talia Bonilla discovers a body while picking tomatoes for salsa. Ex fianc e Luis Arroyo, Denton County's D.A., is up to his eyebrows in missing debutantes. Wanting to win back his heart, Talia decides to secretly solve this case. To do it right, she enlists the help of the one woman neighborhood watch, June Clover, and best friend Yulan Yu, who works as a lab tech. But when Luis releases the number one suspect from jail, the once peaceful town becomes enraged. Matters crumble even further when Luis resigns his position and disappears. Talia becomes more determined than ever to find the women and clear Luis's name, but then the unthinkable happens.